Today

I woke up with this thought this morning. What if in life we had a remote control that we could use? We could fast forward or rewind, maybe just pause for a minute, or we could even choose the channel - comedy, romance, drama...I think many times we live our lives that way...wishing, hoping, waiting on something bigger or better, or something different. Contentment is not a word that is used much. What if we lived in each moment, enjoying all that it has to offer us, not worrying about the past or the future, or not wanting to go back to rewind a moment that we wanted to redo, or fast forward past something.

"Today is the day the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it. (Psalm 118:24)" God created 24 hours in a day for a reason. He could have made it 26 or 22, I don't know why there is 24 hours, but that is all. Each one of us has 24 hours in one day. Each moment, each hour counts, and has significance. Life isn't about going back to the past or wanting an hour to pass by. Life doesn't guarentee to be easy. We can learn from the good and the bad times. We can learn from our past, but we shouldn't hold on so tightly to our past. We should look forward with eyes fixed on Jesus, trusting in Him; knowing that He has everything in control.

To everything there is a season
A time for every purpose under the sun. A time to be born and a time to die;
a time to plant and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kil and a time to heal. A time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance. A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to lose and a time to seek; a time to rend and a time to sew; a time to keep silent and a time to speak; a time to love and a time to hate; a time for war and a time for peace.
Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Life is full of unexpected surprises, and each season is different.

So What if Life had a remote control? I think we would lose the sweetness and beauty that life has to offer - the beauty, the pain, the good and bad times. We would be so fixed on the idea of a "redo" or of moving forward, that we would forget to maybe just "Live" Today I want to live in all that God has given me today. I don't know all the day has to offer but I do know that God has offered me something...LIFE...and I want to live in HIS Fullness today and for the rest of my life; but I am just going to focus on TODAY!